Another L.A. commuter train runs red light before hitting freight train
USA Today
ARTBA Sees More Highway Spending
Traffic World
Environmental study OK'd for port oil terminal project - Contracts are also approved for marina, green buffer for Wilmington
Daily Breeze
Homophobia on the Bus in a Post-Proposition 8 World
Santa Monica Mirror
How You Can Tell Transit Has Arrived: Red Line Bar Hops Planned
StreetsBlogLA
LA's Era in DC
KCRW
LNG fueling station being built
Press Telegram
Major US City Post-Oil Preparedness Ranking - Which Cities and Metro Areas are Best or Least Prepared for Price Volatility, Supply Shocks and Climate Change Regulations?
Common Current
Mass transit funding expected to drop 4% - MTS may have to slash millions
San Diego Union Tribune
Measure R's lead keeps growing
Bottleneck Blog
Metrolink Holiday Toy Express & A Christmas Story On The Big Screen!
Ventura County Star
Metrolink Train Ran Red Light Causing Crash
LAist
Metrolink train in Rialto crash ran red light, inquiry finds
Los Angeles Times
Metro Red Line to extend holiday hours
Daily Breeze
More people taking the bus (RTA)
San Jancinto Valley Chronicle
New Late-Night DASH Offers Holiday Hours
DowntownLA Scene
Orange Line to Rail? Subway from Valley to UCLA?
LAist
Our view - Go east, MTA!
Pasadena Star News
Port of Los Angeles on Track to Award More Than $383 Million in Construction Contracts in 2008 - Port of L.A. Construction Projects Will Support 6,000+ Jobs
Market Watch
Reports of vote on auto fees denied
Pasadena Star News
Rialto train accident puts control systems, mandated by 2015, back in spotlight
Press Enterprise
Three projects are added to Camarillo's bikeway plan
Ventura County Star
Transportation's Obama Factor
Traffic World
Villaraigosa calls for 'emergency overhaul' of L.A.'s budget - The mayor wants most city departments to cut 3% of their costs through the end of the fiscal year because of a $110-million shortfall
Los Angeles Times
“Weekend Update:” What Happened at the Big Bike Meeting
StreetsBlogLA
What LAX really needs - L.A.'s airport must move runways for safety, not renovate the Bradley International Terminal
Los Angeles Times
11/21/2008
Transportation Headlines for Friday November 21, 2008
All Aboard For Transit Funding
Science Line
Amtrak expects busy Thanksgiving travel week in California
Central Valley Business Times
Attention Holiday Shoppers: Red Line to Run Later
KNBC 4 TV
Budget deal would include steeper car fees - Under the agreement, GOP lawmakers would vote to triple the vehicle tax in exchange for a ballot measure that would impose rigid limits on future state spending
Los Angeles Times
California, still the climate leader
San Francisco Chronicle
CBS 2's Rodriguez Tapped For Transportation Board
CBS 2 TV
Chatsworth, 2013
CurbedLA
City’s Bike Master Plan to Be Unveiled in January
StreetsBlogLA
Failure of AIG places transit agency in peril
Daily Bulletin
Group in Simi trades ideas for train memorial
Ventura County Star
How low can gasoline go? The slope is still slippery - Two independent stations declare price war against chains
Los Angeles Times
Late-Night Red Line Service Begins Tomorrow Complimented by Free Downtown DASH
LAist
late-night dash service added to the mix
angelenic
LAX expects 14% drop in Thanksgiving holiday passengers - A troubled economy and fewer seats and flights will translate to a decline in passengers this year, airport officials announce
Los Angeles Times
L.B. Transit fees could raise next year
Long Beach City College Viking
Metrolink, freight trains scrape each other in Rialto
LA Now
Metrolink train collides with freight cars in Rialto - Five passengers are injured as the eastbound commuter train hits the end of a westbound, 102-car freight train pulling onto a siding. The crash raises new rail safety concerns
Los Angeles Times
Old Timey Los Angeles Had Traffic, Helicopters
Curbed LA
Prop R Transit Tax Appears to have Passed: What That Means and What’s Next
CityWatch
Santa Monicans Overwhelmingly Vote for R
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News
Some want light rail for Orange Line
Daily News
Special Transpo Meeting Full of Cycling Issues
CityWatchLA
Study from 1990s on transportation impact fee came to nothing; new study to be done
The Argonaut
T 4 America Interviews Denny Zane on Measure R and LA’s Future
StreetsBlogLA
Transit officials fighting state cuts
San Francisco Chronicle
Two of three California Amtrak routes still gaining passengers
Progressive Railroading
Van Nuys Noise reduction plan flawed, AOPA warns
AOPA Online
Virginia official picked to be NCTD director
San Diego Union Tribune
Science Line
Amtrak expects busy Thanksgiving travel week in California
Central Valley Business Times
Attention Holiday Shoppers: Red Line to Run Later
KNBC 4 TV
Budget deal would include steeper car fees - Under the agreement, GOP lawmakers would vote to triple the vehicle tax in exchange for a ballot measure that would impose rigid limits on future state spending
Los Angeles Times
California, still the climate leader
San Francisco Chronicle
CBS 2's Rodriguez Tapped For Transportation Board
CBS 2 TV
Chatsworth, 2013
CurbedLA
City’s Bike Master Plan to Be Unveiled in January
StreetsBlogLA
Failure of AIG places transit agency in peril
Daily Bulletin
Group in Simi trades ideas for train memorial
Ventura County Star
How low can gasoline go? The slope is still slippery - Two independent stations declare price war against chains
Los Angeles Times
Late-Night Red Line Service Begins Tomorrow Complimented by Free Downtown DASH
LAist
late-night dash service added to the mix
angelenic
LAX expects 14% drop in Thanksgiving holiday passengers - A troubled economy and fewer seats and flights will translate to a decline in passengers this year, airport officials announce
Los Angeles Times
L.B. Transit fees could raise next year
Long Beach City College Viking
Metrolink, freight trains scrape each other in Rialto
LA Now
Metrolink train collides with freight cars in Rialto - Five passengers are injured as the eastbound commuter train hits the end of a westbound, 102-car freight train pulling onto a siding. The crash raises new rail safety concerns
Los Angeles Times
Old Timey Los Angeles Had Traffic, Helicopters
Curbed LA
Prop R Transit Tax Appears to have Passed: What That Means and What’s Next
CityWatch
Santa Monicans Overwhelmingly Vote for R
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News
Some want light rail for Orange Line
Daily News
Special Transpo Meeting Full of Cycling Issues
CityWatchLA
Study from 1990s on transportation impact fee came to nothing; new study to be done
The Argonaut
T 4 America Interviews Denny Zane on Measure R and LA’s Future
StreetsBlogLA
Transit officials fighting state cuts
San Francisco Chronicle
Two of three California Amtrak routes still gaining passengers
Progressive Railroading
Van Nuys Noise reduction plan flawed, AOPA warns
AOPA Online
Virginia official picked to be NCTD director
San Diego Union Tribune
11/20/2008
Transportation Headlines for Thursday November 20, 2008
Bag searches at Union Station on Wednesday
Bottleneck Blog
California leads fight against climate change on global level - Gov. Schwarzenegger signs a pact with heads of other states and provinces to cut greenhouse emissions. 'We have got to do something worldwide here,' he says
Los Angeles Times
Cheaper gas not shifting road habits
USA Today
Denny Zane on Measure R and Transit in L.A. County
Transportation for America
Details emerge on Orange Line's Chatsworth extension
Daily News
Eastside Extension is 90 percent complete
Los Angeles Wave
Evidence suggests commuters are abandoning transit habit - With gas prices as low as $2.30 in some places, drivers say they are getting behind the wheel again after opting for buses and trains earlier in the year
Los Angeles Times
Future of Public Transportation Is UCR Lecture Topic - Eric Haley, former Riverside County Transportation Commission executive director, will discuss public transit in a "post-automobile" society on Dec. 2
UC Riverside
Future of truck technology
Fleet Owner
Gas prices hover around $2 per gallon
Whittier Daily News
Get Ready to Ride: Holiday Late Night DASH Coming Friday!
BlogDowntown
Highway Trust Fund revenue falls $3B in single year
Metro Magazine
Increased Parking Meter Fees Empty City Parking Lot, Fill Side Streets
LAist
Inland airports' dream of cargo hubs grounded
Press Enterprise
Just charge it: CTA to offer more ways to pay with plastic - All-in-one 'smart' credit/debit cards could be used for more than commuting
Chicago Tribune
LAX will soar, again? Yeah, tell me another one
Opinion LA
Murder Suspect Has Witness: A MetroCard
New York Times
Next Steps for High-Speed Rail
Transport Politic
Orange Line to Chatsworth Could be Running by 2013
LAist
Plan for park atop Hollywood Freeway is praised, but motorists who would spend time in tunnel below it haven't weighed in - The project would cost about $950 million and could begin as early as 2012, feasibility report finds
Los Angeles Times
President-elect Obama responds to Transportation For America
Transportation For America
Speak up for a better bike infrastructure in LA this Friday
Green LA Girl
Street Stories
KPCC 89.3 FM
Unsold cars pile up at the Port
Daily Breeze
Wiki Wednesday: Transit Oriented Development
StreetsBlogLA
Bottleneck Blog
California leads fight against climate change on global level - Gov. Schwarzenegger signs a pact with heads of other states and provinces to cut greenhouse emissions. 'We have got to do something worldwide here,' he says
Los Angeles Times
Cheaper gas not shifting road habits
USA Today
Denny Zane on Measure R and Transit in L.A. County
Transportation for America
Details emerge on Orange Line's Chatsworth extension
Daily News
Eastside Extension is 90 percent complete
Los Angeles Wave
Evidence suggests commuters are abandoning transit habit - With gas prices as low as $2.30 in some places, drivers say they are getting behind the wheel again after opting for buses and trains earlier in the year
Los Angeles Times
Future of Public Transportation Is UCR Lecture Topic - Eric Haley, former Riverside County Transportation Commission executive director, will discuss public transit in a "post-automobile" society on Dec. 2
UC Riverside
Future of truck technology
Fleet Owner
Gas prices hover around $2 per gallon
Whittier Daily News
Get Ready to Ride: Holiday Late Night DASH Coming Friday!
BlogDowntown
Highway Trust Fund revenue falls $3B in single year
Metro Magazine
Increased Parking Meter Fees Empty City Parking Lot, Fill Side Streets
LAist
Inland airports' dream of cargo hubs grounded
Press Enterprise
Just charge it: CTA to offer more ways to pay with plastic - All-in-one 'smart' credit/debit cards could be used for more than commuting
Chicago Tribune
LAX will soar, again? Yeah, tell me another one
Opinion LA
Murder Suspect Has Witness: A MetroCard
New York Times
Next Steps for High-Speed Rail
Transport Politic
Orange Line to Chatsworth Could be Running by 2013
LAist
Plan for park atop Hollywood Freeway is praised, but motorists who would spend time in tunnel below it haven't weighed in - The project would cost about $950 million and could begin as early as 2012, feasibility report finds
Los Angeles Times
President-elect Obama responds to Transportation For America
Transportation For America
Speak up for a better bike infrastructure in LA this Friday
Green LA Girl
Street Stories
KPCC 89.3 FM
Unsold cars pile up at the Port
Daily Breeze
Wiki Wednesday: Transit Oriented Development
StreetsBlogLA
11/19/2008
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday November 19, 2008
17 Missing in China Following Subway Collapse
Associated Press/YouTube
All aboard the Baghdad Metro
Los Angeles Times
Boxer says next transportation funding bill likely to eye air quality
LandLine Magazine
Bringing mass transit to Baghdad
Bottleneck Blog
Cost to park in S.F. could be set by demand
San Francisco Chronicle
Death toll rises to eight in E China subway tunnel collapse
China View
Experts Eye Transportation Funding's Future
Bond Buyer
Gas prices not luring everyone back to their cars
Bottleneck Blog
James Rojas on a Future Without Cars
StreetsBlogLA
Los Angeles MTA posts double-digit rail ridership gains in October
Progressive Railroading
Measure R takes biggest lead yet
Bottleneck Blog
metro late-night holiday service begins this friday
angelenic
O’Connor Honored for Sustainable Leadership
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News
Opinion: Forget the stimulus checks, build roads, rails, airports
Darien Times
Sensors get L.A. up to speed - Traffic monitoring system compiles data from thousands of sources to deliver a detailed picture of the area’s highways
Government Computer News
Transit Agencies Seek Default Shelter From Congress
Congressional Quarterly
Transit Leaders Come To DC To Lobby Congress To Address The Transit Leasing Crisis
American Public Transportation Association
Transit leaders seek help from Congress
Forbes
With Meter Rates Up, City Needs New Facilities to Count the Coins
BlogDowntown
Associated Press/YouTube
All aboard the Baghdad Metro
Los Angeles Times
Boxer says next transportation funding bill likely to eye air quality
LandLine Magazine
Bringing mass transit to Baghdad
Bottleneck Blog
Cost to park in S.F. could be set by demand
San Francisco Chronicle
Death toll rises to eight in E China subway tunnel collapse
China View
Experts Eye Transportation Funding's Future
Bond Buyer
Gas prices not luring everyone back to their cars
Bottleneck Blog
James Rojas on a Future Without Cars
StreetsBlogLA
Los Angeles MTA posts double-digit rail ridership gains in October
Progressive Railroading
Measure R takes biggest lead yet
Bottleneck Blog
metro late-night holiday service begins this friday
angelenic
O’Connor Honored for Sustainable Leadership
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News
Opinion: Forget the stimulus checks, build roads, rails, airports
Darien Times
Sensors get L.A. up to speed - Traffic monitoring system compiles data from thousands of sources to deliver a detailed picture of the area’s highways
Government Computer News
Transit Agencies Seek Default Shelter From Congress
Congressional Quarterly
Transit Leaders Come To DC To Lobby Congress To Address The Transit Leasing Crisis
American Public Transportation Association
Transit leaders seek help from Congress
Forbes
With Meter Rates Up, City Needs New Facilities to Count the Coins
BlogDowntown
11/18/2008
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday November 18, 2008
Cal State Fullerton Connects Between Deadly Pollution and Car Culture
StreetsBlogLA
Federal Signal Enhances Intelligent Transportation to Enable Commerce and Travel
MarketWatch
Fewer Metro riders as gas prices fall
Daily News
GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered
Common Dreams
Greenway Trail close to complete - Construction took more than two years
Whittier Daily News
How to Kick Our Oil Addiction Despite Plunging Oil Prices - Old habits die hard. So we asked six experts for their ideas on reducing energy demand
Wall Street Journal
If He Is Alive, Will He Vote to Renew Metro's Contract with Sheriff?
The Bus Bench
Increase in air service sought for Ontario airport
Press Enterprise
Iraq Earmarks $3 Billion for Baghdad Subway - Iraq: Cabinet Earmarks $3 Billion to Build Baghdad's First Subway
ABC News
Editor’s Note - Check out Iran’s Tehran Metro and its public art program: http://www.tehranmetro.com/index.asp
IT policy can spur economic growth, industry says
cNet
LADOT: LA Lacks Bike Network Needed for Bike Sharing
StreetsBlogLA
Late-Night Red Line Holiday Service Brings Better Transit, Drink Specials
BlogDowntown
L.A. airport officials aim to spread growth beyond LAX - With United planning to drop its Palmdale flights, officials at Los Angeles World Airports say they plan to create an Office of Regionalism to promote passenger growth at Ontario, Burbank, elsewhere
Los Angeles Times
LAX modernization unveiled - The plan includes 32 new gates that could accommodate newer, super-wide jetliners
Daily Breeze
LAX 2.0: Billion Dollar Makeover Coming
LAist
LAX Rendering Reveal: Great Hall And More
CurbedLA
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveils modernization plan for LAX - The plan, which could cost $5 billion to $6 billion, focuses on rebuilding the Tom Bradley International Terminal
Los AngelesTimes
Metra, Google team up for trip planner - System assumes commuters walk to train stations
Chicago Tribune
Metro Ridership Increases/Decreases in October
LAist
MTA ridership slips as gas prices fall
Bottleneck Blog
NextBus - Friendlier mass transit through technology
IOTD
Santa Monica makes car parking easier, but may cut bus rides
GreenLAGirl
A streetcar named REVENGE
UEPI
StreetsBlogLA
Federal Signal Enhances Intelligent Transportation to Enable Commerce and Travel
MarketWatch
Fewer Metro riders as gas prices fall
Daily News
GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered
Common Dreams
Greenway Trail close to complete - Construction took more than two years
Whittier Daily News
How to Kick Our Oil Addiction Despite Plunging Oil Prices - Old habits die hard. So we asked six experts for their ideas on reducing energy demand
Wall Street Journal
If He Is Alive, Will He Vote to Renew Metro's Contract with Sheriff?
The Bus Bench
Increase in air service sought for Ontario airport
Press Enterprise
Iraq Earmarks $3 Billion for Baghdad Subway - Iraq: Cabinet Earmarks $3 Billion to Build Baghdad's First Subway
ABC News
Editor’s Note - Check out Iran’s Tehran Metro and its public art program: http://www.tehranmetro.com/index.asp
IT policy can spur economic growth, industry says
cNet
LADOT: LA Lacks Bike Network Needed for Bike Sharing
StreetsBlogLA
Late-Night Red Line Holiday Service Brings Better Transit, Drink Specials
BlogDowntown
L.A. airport officials aim to spread growth beyond LAX - With United planning to drop its Palmdale flights, officials at Los Angeles World Airports say they plan to create an Office of Regionalism to promote passenger growth at Ontario, Burbank, elsewhere
Los Angeles Times
LAX modernization unveiled - The plan includes 32 new gates that could accommodate newer, super-wide jetliners
Daily Breeze
LAX 2.0: Billion Dollar Makeover Coming
LAist
LAX Rendering Reveal: Great Hall And More
CurbedLA
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveils modernization plan for LAX - The plan, which could cost $5 billion to $6 billion, focuses on rebuilding the Tom Bradley International Terminal
Los AngelesTimes
Metra, Google team up for trip planner - System assumes commuters walk to train stations
Chicago Tribune
Metro Ridership Increases/Decreases in October
LAist
MTA ridership slips as gas prices fall
Bottleneck Blog
NextBus - Friendlier mass transit through technology
IOTD
Santa Monica makes car parking easier, but may cut bus rides
GreenLAGirl
A streetcar named REVENGE
UEPI
11/17/2008
Transportation Headlines for Monday November 17, 2008
DC transit saved in bad bank deal
Examiner
DR. GRIDLOCK - Americans say 'Yes, we can' to funding public transit
Globe and Mail
Euclid Corridor Health Line (BRT) is a strong RX for Cleveland's once and future Main Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Have You Driven a Bus or a Train Lately?
New York Times
Imagine the Possibilities
Little Tokyo UnBlogged
Issues behind O.C.'s toll road plan
Los Angeles Times
Just in time, commuter routes reopen to motorists
Press Enterprise
Metrolink Rail Service to Resume Monday
KTLA 5 TV
Port Of L.A.’s Knatz Takes The Helm At Port Authority Group
The Cunningham Report
Public Invited to Final Metro Orange Line Canoga Transportation Corridor Community Meetings Nov. 17, 18
Metro
Push for public-works projects expected
San Diego Union Tribune
Santa Fe Springs votes on Measure R
Kathleen Rivas Blog
Examiner
DR. GRIDLOCK - Americans say 'Yes, we can' to funding public transit
Globe and Mail
Euclid Corridor Health Line (BRT) is a strong RX for Cleveland's once and future Main Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Have You Driven a Bus or a Train Lately?
New York Times
Imagine the Possibilities
Little Tokyo UnBlogged
Issues behind O.C.'s toll road plan
Los Angeles Times
Just in time, commuter routes reopen to motorists
Press Enterprise
Metrolink Rail Service to Resume Monday
KTLA 5 TV
Port Of L.A.’s Knatz Takes The Helm At Port Authority Group
The Cunningham Report
Public Invited to Final Metro Orange Line Canoga Transportation Corridor Community Meetings Nov. 17, 18
Metro
Push for public-works projects expected
San Diego Union Tribune
Santa Fe Springs votes on Measure R
Kathleen Rivas Blog
11/16/2008
Transportation Headlines for Sunday November 16, 2008
Bradley International Terminal designs to be unveiled
Daily Breeze
Deficit is clear, remedy is not - Solutions raise new dilemmas
Sacramento Bee
Horizon Logistics Opens Multi-Tenant Distribution Center in Los Angeles - Warehouse & cross-dock is located 10 miles from LA/Long Beach ports within Alameda Corridor for efficient intermodal connections
MarketWatch
Public officials compile extensive wish lists for Obama administration - Excited to have a Democrat in the White House again, leaders across California are hoping to see millions in federal funds for education, environmental causes, healthcare, transportation and housing
Los Angeles Times
Riverside County Transportation Commission funding fluctuates; spending cuts not planned
Press Enterprise
Daily Breeze
Deficit is clear, remedy is not - Solutions raise new dilemmas
Sacramento Bee
Horizon Logistics Opens Multi-Tenant Distribution Center in Los Angeles - Warehouse & cross-dock is located 10 miles from LA/Long Beach ports within Alameda Corridor for efficient intermodal connections
MarketWatch
Public officials compile extensive wish lists for Obama administration - Excited to have a Democrat in the White House again, leaders across California are hoping to see millions in federal funds for education, environmental causes, healthcare, transportation and housing
Los Angeles Times
Riverside County Transportation Commission funding fluctuates; spending cuts not planned
Press Enterprise
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